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Standard Citation

Abstract	The NSG Metadata Foundation (NMF) Part 1 defines a profile of ISO 19115:2003/Cor 1:2006 for specifying geospatial metadata in the NSG. That profile contains a core set of geospatial metadata elements, agreed upon via international consensus and extended via DoD and IC requirements. This Part 4 of the NMF extends the NMF Core with metadata that describes records management information. It is a profile of ISO 19115:2003/Cor 1:2006 Geographic information > Metadata extended by concepts form ISO 15489-1:2001 Information and documentation > Records management > Part 1 General and ISO 23081-1:2006 Information and documentation > Records management processes > Metadata for records > Part 1: Principles supporting a records management application compliant with DoD 5015.02-STD Electronic Records management Software Applications Design Criteria Standard. This extension addresses more than just geospatial data because derivative products are produced from geospatial data, and there are transactions and messages about the data and derived products which constitute records, that must be managed throughout their lifecycle.
Applicability	The NSG Metadata Foundation (NMF) is a multi-part standard which profiles the conceptual schema for geospatial metadata defined by ISO 19115:2003/Cor 1:2006 and ISO 19115-2:2009. This Part 4 of the NMF addresses metadata for Records Management. NMF Part 4 should be used for any system which will reside in or interoperate with the NSG that handles official government Records. The NMF Part 4 must be used with NMF Part 1.
Standard Selection Criterion 1: Interoperability/Supportability	The NMF is a multi-part standard which enables the publication, discovery, retrieval and exploitation of geospatial intelligence data cross the DoD, IC and potentially coalition partners. The NMF is a profile of the ISO standards for geospatial metadata (ISO 19115:2003/Cor 1:2006 and ISO 19115-2:2009). These ISO standards have wide support across the international geospatial community. Due to strong commercial support, a significant portion of the NMF is already available in commercial products. NMF is also compatible with other DoD and IC discovery metadata standards including the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and the Department of Defense Discovery Metadata Specification (DDMS).
Standard Selection Criterion 2: Technical Maturity	This NMF Part 4 is based on mature International Standards that are widely implemented in commercial products. Drafts of this Standard have been reviewed by the Geospatial-Intelligence community and approved by all major organizations affiliated with the Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group (GWG).
Standard Selection Criterion 3: Public Availability	The Standard is publicly available on the NSG Registry web site at .
Standard Selection Criterion 4: Implementability	The NSG Metadata Foundation is a multi-part standard for NSG metadata. It is a profile of ISO 19115 and ISO 19115-2. Both of these ISO standards have been adopted by NATO and the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). Commercial implementations include the ESRI suite of products which underlie many operational U.S. and coalition geospatial intelligence systems. NMF Part 4 has been approved for publication by the the Metadata Focus Group (MFG) of the Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group (GWG) and is being coordinated for use in other NSG standards and for implementation by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Consolidated Library (NCL).
Standard Selection Criterion 5: Authority	The NMF Part 4, Metadata for Records Management was developed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), which is the authority for the development and promulgation of the NMF Standard. The Metadata Focus Group (MFG) of the Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group (GWG), under the Functional Management for GEOINT standards authority of the NGA provides configuration control for the NMF. The NMF contains a profile of a Standard developed by ISO TC 211, an international standards body.
TWG - Primary Reviewer/Owner	Geospatial Intelligence
TWG - Secondary Interests	1. Data
Service Area(s)	1. GEOINT: Geospatial
Standards Development Organization	National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
URL to Access or Acquire this Standard	http://nsgreg.nga.mil/doc/view?i=2488
Keywords (Comma Separated)	19115, geospatial metadata, NSG, NMF, records management, geospatial intelligence
Products Incorporating this Standard	This standard is part of the NMF which is a profile of ISO 19115. The OGC implementing products page indicate the following companies and organizations provide products that implement the ISO 19115/19119 profile of the OGC Catalog specification: Con-Terra, FAO (UN), Generalitat Valenciana, George Mason University, lat/lon GmbH, PTFS inc, Social Change Online Pty Ltd., Geomatys, RSI Softtech India Pvt. Ltd., SRP Gmbh and ESRI.
Single Profiling Question	Do you need a common specification for identifying and managing a geospatial record over time at all stages in its lifecycle to include creation, receipt, maintenance, use, and disposition?
Options and/or Implementation Conventions	The NMF is the NSG conceptual metadata model that enables the discovery, access, retrieval and exploitation of geospatial data. This model can be extended (profiled) using the process described in the NMF Part 1 standard. Candidate profiles will be worked through and managed by the GWG Metadata Focus Group. Compliance with properly formed profiles of the NMF shall be considered as compliance with the NMF itself for the purpose of meeting DISR/ICSR compliance requirements.
Guidance for Implementing this Standard	This standard is a part of the NMF. As such, it shall be implemented with the NMF Part 1 core. See the NMF Part 1 Version 2.2 citation for the latest dependencies of the core standard.
Information/Guidance Linked to this Standard
Relevant Information/Additional Comments	This citation was authored by the GWG Metadata Focus Group (MFG).

STANAG Only Information

Does your proposal involve a Standardized NATO Agreement (STANAG)?

No

IC Only Information

Proposed IC Status	IC-Mandated
Scope	Layer 6 - Framework and Content Structure
Domain	Global - IC, DoD, Coalition
IC Domain Elements
Collaborating Standard(s) Analysis	The NMF Part 4 is dependent on the following standards: -NGA.STND.0012_2.2, National System for Geospatial Intelligence Metadata Foundation (NMF) Part 1: Core, Version 2.2
Competing Standard(s) Analysis	The role of the NMF Part 4 is not to replace those standards that address records management but to integrate them. As a conceptual schema, it will capture concepts shared across all records management standards and help bring those standards into alignment with each other and with commercial implementations.
Off-the-Shelf Compliant Product Analysis	This standard is part of the NMF which is a profile of ISO 19115. The OGC implementing products page indicate the following companies and organizations provide products that implement the ISO 19115/19119 profile of the OGC Catalog specification: Con-Terra, FAO (UN), Generalitat Valenciana, George Mason University, lat/lon GmbH, PTFS inc, Social Change Online Pty Ltd., Geomatys, RSI Softtech India Pvt. Ltd., SRP Gmbh and ESRI.
Compliance and Verification Methods and Approaches	Option 3. Self-Compliance Verification
Specific data for option you selected	The NMF uses Self-Compliance Verification. This process is described in the document itself. In addition, XML implementations of this standard will use the NSG Metadata Implementation Specification (NMIS). This specification includes both XML Schema and Schematron validation rules to perform rigorous verification and validation of an NMIS implementation.
Activity Summary

CR History

User	Date	Phase	Action	Rationale/Note
Bernardini, Doris Dr.	2015-05-04	CR Reviewer	Accept
Bernardini, Doris Dr.	2015-05-04	CR Reviewer	CR Edit/ Note Added	**Auto-Generated**Change Request Details Edited.
Flowers, Patricia Mrs.	2015-05-04	Organization	Accept
Flowers, Patricia Mrs.	2015-05-04	Organization	CR Edit/ Note Added	**Auto-Generated**Change Request Details Edited.
Carswell, Erika	2015-05-04	Author	Submit	null

Change Request Details

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Basic CR Info

DISR Number

DISR013468

Org Number

NGA00715

Standard Identifier

NGA.STND.0018_2.2.0

Standard Title

National System for Geospatial Intelligence Metadata Implementation Specification (NMIS) - Part 2: XML Exchange Schema, Version 2.2.0, 29 January 2015

Current DoD Status

Mandated

Standard Class

DISR

Author

Carswell, Erika ([e-mail], 703-460-3204)

ITSC Organization

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

DoD Change Request Proposal

Retire a Mandated Standard and Add a New Mandated Standard

Change Request Rationale

The NMIS is the implementation specification for the NSG Metadata Foundation (NMF). Since NMF 2.2 was released, there have been several developing programs demanding the NMIS be updated to reflect the content of the NMF. This latest edition does just that, and is necessary for use in immediate acquisition developments.

Supersedes

NGA.STND.0018_2.1

DoD Sunset Date

DoD Sunset Event

IC Sunset Date

IC Sunset Event

CR Last Updated

2015-05-04

Current CR Phase

Working Group

Last Action Taken on this CR

Accept by Doris Bernardini

Late Reviews?

No

Classification of Title

Unclassified

Classification of Document

Unclassified

Classification of Standard Citation

Unclassified

Standard Citation

Abstract

The NSG Metadata Implementation Specification (NMIS) - Part 2 specifies an Extensible Markup Language (XML) encoding of the NMF Logical Model - Parts 1, 2 and 3 that are conformant to ISO/TS 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - XML Schema implementation and the XML Data Encoding Specification for Information Security marking Metadata (DES.ISM.XML.V9) for use in the documentation, discovery and exchange of geospatial datasets in the NSG.

Applicability

The NMIS Part 2 is an XML exchange schema encoding the NSG Metadata Foundation (NMF) Part 1, which is a profile of the conceptual schema defined by ISO 19115:2003/Cor 1:2006 and NMF Parts 2 and 3, which are profiles of the conceptual schema defined by ISO 19115-2. It specifies the minimum and recommended metadata elements required for the discovery and exchange of geospatial datasets in the NSG. NMIS may be used to directly expose NMF-conformant resource containers and data resource metadata in accordance with the Intelligence Community/Department of Defense (IC/DoD) Data Services Reference Architecture (DSRA). This may be used as a basis for populating DoD Discovery metadata standard (DDMS) conformant metacards for use in the Global Information Grid (GIG) Enterprise Discovery Service. It also provides an extensible metadata core for describing, validating and exchanging more complex geographic metadata. The NMF Part 1 is a restricted subset of ISO 19115:2003/Cor1:2006 extended by the addition of the IC Information Security markings defined in the IC.ADD (ICTechSpec 500.D.V2). As a restricted subset of a more comprehensive standard, the NMF Parts 1, 2 and 3 can be extended to support more complex geospatial metadata through a profiling process described in the document. These extensions are managed as profiles of the NMF which may be XML-encoded according to the rules of the NMIS Part 2.

Standard Selection Criterion 1: Interoperability/Supportability

The NMIS Part 2 enables the publication, discovery and retrieval of geospatial intelligence data across the DoD, IC and potentially coalition partners. This standard is a profile of the ISO standard for geospatial metadata (ISO 19115:2003/Cor 1:2006) and its XML-encoding (ISO/TS 19139) and the ISO standard for geospatial metadata for imagery and gridded data (19115-2:2009) and its XML-encoding (ISO/TS 19139-2). The set of ISO 19115 standards has wide support across the international geospatial community. Due to strong commercial support for that set of ISO standards, a significant portion of NMIS Part 2 is already available in commercial products. The NMIS XML-encoding of the NMF is also compatible with other DoD and IC discovery metadata standards including the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and the Department of Defense Discovery Metadata Specification (DDMS).

Standard Selection Criterion 2: Technical Maturity

This NMIS Part 2 is based on mature International Standards and has been developed in compliance with the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, the DoD DDMS, and Intelligence Community Metadata requirements. Drafts of this Geospatial Metadata Profile XML-encoding have been reviewed by the wide Geospatial community and approved by all major organizations affiliated with the Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group (GWG).

Standard Selection Criterion 3: Public Availability

The Standard is publicly available on the NSG Registry web site at